1. Measuring Success: Evaluating Community Initiatives

2. To evaluate is to determine the value of your work

3. Fears of evaluation: "I don't know how to do an evaluation."
"I don't have time."
"The results may be negative or hurt us."

4. Why should you evaluate your program?
Success is reinforcing
Failure is instructive
To make you feel good
To raise the chances of further action
To understand important aspects of the initiative

5. When should you evaluate your initiative?
When your plan is in action
When some of your plans have been completed

6. How do you do an evaluation?
1. Decide you want to evaluate
2. Evaluate in terms of objectives or goals
3. Identify criteria that provide ways to measure your objectives
4. Collect data on each of these indicators
5. Use the results to adjust the program as necessary